Henny Youngman was a comedian who was most famous and popular in the U.S. in the 1950s. He was known for his “one-liners,” which are short, simple jokes that are usually “delivered” (said; told) quickly. His jokes are still told today.
Henny Youngman 是一位在1950年代最有名和受歡迎的美國喜劇演員。他以“單句笑話”聞名,這些笑話簡短、簡單,通常會迅速「傳遞」(說;講述)。他的笑話至今仍在流傳。
Here are a few of his jokes about doctors, a favorite “target” (subject) for Henny Youngman.
The doctor says, “You’ll live to be 60!”
The patient says, “I am 60!”
The doctor says, “See, ‘what did I tell you’ (what I told you was right)?”
以下是他關於醫生的幾個笑話,這是 Henny Youngman 最喜歡的「目標」(主題)。
醫生說:「你會活到60歲!」
病人說:「我已經60歲了!」
醫生說:「看吧,『我不是早告訴你了嗎』(我說的是對的)?」
A doctor says to a man, “You want to improve your love life? You need to get some exercise. Run 10 miles a day.”
Two weeks later, the man called the doctor.
The doctor says, “How is your love life since you have been running?”
“I don’t know, I’m 140 miles away!”
醫生對一個男人說:「你想改善你的愛情生活嗎?你需要運動。每天跑10英里。」
兩週後,這個男人打電話給醫生。
醫生說:「你自從跑步後,愛情生活怎麼樣了?」
「我不知道,我現在離家140英里遠!」
The doctor says to the patient, “Take your clothes off and stick your tongue out the window.”
“What will that do?” asks the patient.
The doctor says, “I’m ‘mad’ (angry) at my neighbor!”
醫生對病人說:「把衣服脫掉,把舌頭伸出窗外。」
病人問:「這有什麼用?」
醫生說:「我對鄰居很『生氣』(憤怒)!」
The doctor says to a man, “You’re ‘pregnant’ (going to have a baby)!” The man says, “How does a man get pregnant?”
The doctor says, “The usual way – a little wine, a little dinner….”
醫生對一個男人說:「你『懷孕了』(即將有孩子)!」男人說:「男人怎麼會懷孕?」
醫生說:「通常的方式——一點酒,一點晚餐……」
1. One-liner /ˈwʌnˌlaɪnər/ - 單句笑話
2. Deliver /dɪˈlɪvər/ - 傳遞,講述
3. Target /ˈtɑːrɡɪt/ - 目標,主題
4. Mad /mæd/ - 生氣的,憤怒的
5. Pregnant /ˈprɛɡnənt/ - 懷孕的